by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)
Translation by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Love Song
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
How should I hold my soul that it does not touch yours
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Text Authorship:
- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), "Liebeslied", appears in Neue Gedichte, first published 1892
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Michael John Trotta (b. 1978), "Love Song", copyright © 2014 [ baritone or mixed chorus and piano with optional flute or violin ], Carl Fischer Music
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in English, a translation by Jessie Lemont (1872 - 1947) [an adaptation] ; composed by Leonard Bernstein.
- Also set in English, a translation by Margaret Dows Herter Norton Crena de Iongh, née Herter (1894 - 1985) , "Lovesong", appears in Translations from the Poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke, first published 1938, copyright © 1966 ; composed by Libby Larsen, Donald Waxman.
- Also set in English, a translation by Dana Gioia (b. 1950) , "The song", appears in The Gods of Winter, first published 1991, copyright © ; composed by Alva Henderson, Lori Laitman, Paul Salerni.
- Also set in English, a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist [an adaptation] ; composed by Reena Esmail.
- Also set in English, a translation by Harold Smith ; composed by John Theodore Livingston Raynor.
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- Also set in English, a translation by Norbert Ruebsaat (b. 1946) , "Love Song", copyright © ; composed by Hildegard Westerkamp.
- Also set in English, a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Tomas Dusatko.
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- Also set in English, a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , "Love-song" ; composed by Steven Gellman.
- Also set in English, a translation by Stephen Mitchell (b. 1943) , "Love song", copyright © ; composed by Richard Burchard.
- Also set in Italian (Italiano), a translation by Vincenzo Errante (1890 - 1951) , "Canto d'amore" ; composed by Luigi Cortese.
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